CVE-2021-30724: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 14.6, Security Update 2021-004 Mojave, iOS 14.6 and iPadOS 14.6, Security Update 2021-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.4, watchOS 7.5. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.6 (fixed in 14.6)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 14.6 (fixed in 14.6)
• Apple Mac OS X: from 10.14.0, up to and including 10.14.5; from 10.15, up to and including 10.15.6; version 10.14.6 only; version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: from 11.0.1, before 11.4 (fixed in 11.4)
• Apple watchOS: before 7.5 (fixed in 7.5)

Published 2021-09-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.